I also have a 40ve. Had it for two months now. I love it. Carry every day in a black hawk holder. Put only 200-300 rounds through it but only had 1 jam. Only reason for Tue jam was because The round was takin out and put back in a whole bunch before I was able to go shooting. Learned a good lesson that day. Other than that, with Tue hard trigger pull, I don't mind it. I'm a big guy, 240lbs 6ft 1, so The 8 to 12 lb trigger pull don't bother me at all.